scholarly journals Assessment of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function from measurements in the fasting state and during an oral glucose tolerance test

Diabetologia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1507-1511 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Albareda ◽  
J. Rodríguez-Espinosa ◽  
M. Murugo ◽  
A. de Leiva ◽  
R. Corcoy
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7

Background: Insulin resistance and impaired beta-cell function are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Many insulin resistance and beta-cell function indices have been developed using the data from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with insulin assay. However, insulin assays are not widely used along with the OGTT in primary prevention outpatient clinics. We aimed to evaluate the association of having impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), isolated or combined, with insulin resistance and impaired beta-cell function in subjects at risk for T2DM. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that included 376 subjects who underwent an OGTT who had at least two risk factors for T2DM without any chronic disease. Results: Participants were 51.6±8.2 years old, 71.8% were women, had a mean body mass index (BMI) of 30.1±6.5 kg/m2, 42.4% had obesity and 26.7% hypertension. A HOMA-IR ≥2.5 was independently associated with male sex, BMI>25kg/m2, and with isolatedIFG, isolated-IGT, or combined (p<0.05 for all). On the other hand, only overweight, but not obesity, was independently associated with impaired beta-cell function (disposition index <1.24). Additionally, combined IFG and IGT had 29.7 higher odds to have impaired beta-cell function compared with those that had a normal OGTT. Conclusions: IFG alone, IGT alone, or the presence of both, are associated with higher odds to have insulin resistance and impaired beta-cell function in asymptomatic subjects at risk for T2DM without any chronic disease. Further studies are needed to evaluate this associations with the risk to develop T2DM, cardiovascular events and mortality.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. e14194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke A. Herzberg-Schäfer ◽  
Harald Staiger ◽  
Martin Heni ◽  
Caroline Ketterer ◽  
Martina Guthoff ◽  
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2004 ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Ahren ◽  
G Pacini

Insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion are mutually related such that insulin resistance is compensated by increased insulin secretion. A correct judgement of insulin secretion therefore requires validation in relation to the insulin sensitivity in the same subject. Mathematical analyses of the relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion has revealed a hyperbolic function, such that the product of the two variables is constant. This product is usually called the disposition index. Several techniques may be used for its estimation such as data derived from the frequently sampled i.v. glucose tolerance test, the oral glucose tolerance test or the glucose-dependent arginine stimulation test or the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp technique in combination with a test on insulin secretion. Using these techniques the compensatory increase in beta cell function in insulin resistance has been verified in obesity, in pregnancy and after glucocorticoid administration as has the defective beta cell function as the underlying cause of impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Similarly, combined analysis of insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion has shown a down-regulation of beta cell function in increased insulin sensitivity accompanying weight reduction in obesity and following exercise. Acknowledging this inverse relationship between insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity therefore requires estimation of both variables for correct assessment in any individual.


2011 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Battezzati ◽  
A Mari ◽  
L Zazzeron ◽  
G Alicandro ◽  
L Claut ◽  
...  

BackgroundCystic fibrosis (CF)-related diabetes is a leading complication of CF and is associated with pulmonary and nutritional deterioration, years before an evident hyperglycemia, possibly because of insulin deficiency and resistance.AimTo evaluate glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity by a widely applicable method suitable for accurate and prospective measurements in a CF population.MethodsA total of 165 CF subjects (80 females) aged 17±5 years and 18 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (CON) received an oral glucose tolerance test with glucose, insulin and C-peptide determinations. Insulin sensitivity was defined on the basis of glucose and insulin concentrations using the oral glucose insulin sensitivity index, whereas β-cell function was determined on the basis of a model relating insulin secretion (C-peptide profile) to glucose concentration.ResultsFifteen percent of CF patients had glucose intolerance and 6% had diabetes without fasting hyperglycemia and 3% had diabetes with fasting hyperglycemia. β-cell function was reduced in CF patients compared with CON (70.0±4.1 vs 117.9±11.6 pmol/min per m2 per mM, P<0.001) and decreased significantly with age by −2.7 pmol/min per m2 per mM per year (confidence interval (CI) −4.5 to −0.82), i.e. almost 4% yearly. The early insulin secretion index was also reduced. Insulin sensitivity was similar to CON. CF patients who attained glucose tolerance comparable to CON had lower β-cell function and higher insulin sensitivity.ConclusionThe major alteration in insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity of CF patients is slowly declining β-cell function, consisting of delayed and reduced responsiveness to hyperglycemia, that in CF patients with normal glucose tolerance may be compensated by an increased insulin sensitivity.


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